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Cultivated Rubber now Recog- nised Staple- Heavy ln- vestments being made in Plantations- `

(John Wagner.)

Cultivated rubber is new as much of a ,ttiipli-as-tea or coffee. We are past the ,,,.,.;,,,| nfwondeiing as to the possibility 0|- pi-olialdliiy of the success of rubber cuiiii-at.en. Staid old journals now figure on the probable weight of next year's yi,.|,|_ and the price that it will bring. The “iiome and Colonial Mull,” published in Loinlon. for india,Ceylon,Ci\Ina,Japan and thc tjoioiiies, is n journal of finance, cmniin-rt-c, mining, planting and produuc. I-inglislimcn have consulted its col- uninsnnd depended upon its quotations of for; and such products for gon- erations. Nothing novel or that would not find recognition at the Bank of linulnnrl ever finds admission to its dc- I.-trtiiiriit. of quotations. And in this ionrnai we find ii page of quotations for "1liibl=orProduclng Companies" in Cey- inn and thc Straits Settlement., giving “thc piiid~up capital," "milled “ll 1"-‘l` sliarc," name of company, where property is sitaatcii, age of rubber trees, acres plantt-il and unpiantcd, the last dividend, current price of shares, etc. The tables ilistingiiisii between old and new com- panies,bctwcenbearing and unbeaving trot-_<i, and the dates when the unbearing trees will be read? 1°* UIPDIYUZ- All 'ln' tivcn»pnrt, in short, of every rubber ccinpnnyinallof these districts is cun- dcnsedintoaline running ncross the page of this journal. \Ve have before us as we irritc the issue for Juno 30, 1905, mid under the heading “Rubber Share ilinrket Reports," the paper's official re- - poi-it-issiiyz “There isafalr amount of business passing in the shnreél Of l'Ul>I»'0l‘ plantation companies, and prices keep \-ery tirin. The Selangor Rubber Com- pany have issued their report, and pay atllpcrcciit. dividend ln Sungcl l/Yay sliarcs. Iliitu Caves made 12s tid premium and are still wanted. _ Bukit Rajahs fet- chcii 2;. Cicelys are firmer. Ineh Ken- netiis have been inquired for. Klanang 1»re<iu¢c_»nerea.s=haoaed..be~nds at 2-3- Piitiiliiigs made ?/L. ,fi Selangors were taken at Fil, but ;do not new ofi`er under Sii. Siiiigci \\’ays fetched 15s premium. Vni~1 lanibrcsas were placed at 3. Peluiailulias. cnnieto business at 10s premium, and also at ills iid premium. There is very lit- tle business on this side of Rupee Capital sliai-i-s..\inoiigst tea shares having rubber. planted liastern Produce made 5 1-10 and 5:, an-l Sunnyiganias again fetched £lU."

ilcicrence is made to the Bukit Rajnlis. “The india Rubber World" (New York City) for August calls particular attention

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'l`iii: Montreal Herald speaking of Mc- (till annual field day to take place at lllontrenl this afternoon says: The indi-

MII. EIIINIEIISIIN NIIW IN ANlIN.I_lTliN

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NONCTON. oct. 1:i_--<s|.eei.ti.>-iam.ii.

Il. Emnieraon arrived here lo day from

Ottawa,

He will remain till Monday when he

leaves for Ottawa, cn route to the N. W. Territories and Pacific Coast.

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HEAIIII IHIIM SAME?

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Ni-nvroivr, li. I., Oct. 12.-This city was

kept in touch today with the progress of the baseball gaine between 1’hiladelpliia and New York in the former city, for the world's championship by wireless mess. ages from the flagship Maine of the North Atlantic squadron, which sent to N10 Wireless station here the score by in- nings. The Maine was tho hand of the battleship squadron wlilcli was hound from Newport Lo IIampton_Roads. Va. Sho was about twenty-elglit miles out from New York and two hundred miles from this station. Tho running story of thc game was tclcgrapiieil from I’hiladiil- pliiii to the New York Navy Yard wire- less plant and from there was ti~ups|nittL-tl to the battleship Maine, which in turn re- layed it to Newport.

WINTIIT WEATHEII IN IINITEN STATES

Ai/rooxk, Pa., Oot. 12.-An innh of

snow fell last nigli at Crcssoii and other towns on the Alleghany lllountnins near Altoona and today there was a slight fall here.

1’ittsbui';:, Oct. 1:5.-Thc first. snow o the season was reported today fi'oiii various parts of Western Pennsylvania. An inch of tnow fell in the mountains and at (irccnvlllo (l’enn.), a heavy snow fell for five hours causing hundreds of frees to break down under its w_eigbt. , ., Des iiieines, in., oct' 12.-A” iriiiing

frosf was reported last niglit. from every section of the slate. The frost will do no tlainagc except fo laie vegetables.

Jamestown, N. Y., Oct.. 12-~-A heavy

snowstorm prevailed here most of i.he forcnoon. A total of two or three inches of siio\\1__f.cll._._ `

SEAIINII VESSELS- HAI] GIIIIII SIIAIIESS

O'r'|'.\w.\, Oct. il.-According to returns

vidual clianiplonsliip should, this year, fro to ii. A. Donahue, Med. '08, who is the best all round athlete McGill has had for many years. If Denahu'e is successful in this it will be his second time of scoring thc largest number of points during the sports, lic having won the same prize last year. iilonnhue is the well-known Abegiveit nthletc.]

Minard’s Linlment Cures Bu °ns, etc. '

wliirh have rcnchcd the flslicrics depart-

lniciii, the sealing schooncrs this your 'have had excellent success. 'l`lie scvrn- itccn vessels wliieli have returned, took in Bcrhing sea itl,5il2 skiiis, and on the IBritish Columbia const l,3fli skins, or a ‘total of l2,li5ti, as coinpured with ll,(lilfl | last year. The average catch per schoon- er will be abouttititl, compared with 475

last season. Only one more schooner has to arrive in port.

JIIIJSE SEIIIIWIIIN

NUW IIEIIIIVEIIING

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Grand Trunk Pacific Appoint- ment-Frefontaine Starts

East. ‘

O'r'i'a\vA, Oct. 111.-tSpecinl.)~Justice

Sedgwick of the Supreme Court is rc- ported us resting more easily today and his physicians have hopes of his complete

I`(i00\'€l'y.

Minister Prefontaine left for the East

era Provinces tonight.

The Grand Trunk Pacific management

has appointed A. Bruce Smith, Toronto, Manager of the telegraph line for the new 'l`ransconLlnent.al Road.

Mr. Smitii was formerly superintendent

of construction ami maintenance of the Great North Western Telegraph Co.

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Ni-:iv Yoiiic, Oct. 12.-It became known

today thatn lloston physician who was siipposcdby tho police of that city to linow something about the suit case mystery, was visited recently by dctcc- tives at the Hotel Gerard in New York. Attorney Barry, of Boston, was present as the physician's counsel and Joseph Berk- man, thc Boston pawnbrokcr wlip sold the suit case in which the torso of ayoung woman was found, was also present.

'l‘lic detectives told the physician he

would have to go bnck to Boston unless ho could convince them that he know nothing about the mystery. Ile produced rceciptcd bills from a hotel in this city showing that he was a guest there on September 10, the day on which the suit cnsc was bought.. Ilis statement was cor- roborated by the hotel clerk. The detect- ives were satisfied with the alibi nndare snld to have started for Buffalo.

PIIPE WITNESSEII

BISYBIE NASE

Ru.\i"|T.','0ctol»ci‘ ll.-Pope Pius- X. from

his throne erected in tiio Corte della Pignn, Saturday, witnessed a one liuudred kilometre bicycle racc, in which therv were u score of coiitcstaiits. Afterwnrd he gave a special audience to the athletic clubs that have taken part. in the contests of the last three days, nuinbcriiig 550 per- sons. Ile expressed .special plcasiire at receiving the Juventus Atiilctic Club, o Vcnicc, his old hoinc, and spoke to tlicin in the Venetian dialect.. lie presented cnch of the Venctians \\itli a medal and made 11 short. address encouraging all tu continue to develop their bodily health, but at the same time not to forget their inlnd and the practise of their religion. 'I‘lic1’ontlff distributed the prizes to tho winners in the different cvciits.

iiiiiiiinisn iii iiin inivi

Sr. Joim, Oct. lil.-(Special)-A bold

ruse of fraud was lirougiit. to light today.

Some time ago a Jew, Abilellaii Sayre of

Bnctcuche, filled his store with furs and general goods and had the stock insured

Saortiy afterwards a flro burned his

store.

Ile was said to have lest everytliing, put

in il claim and got the insurance.

Today officers __ discovered the whole

.stock uninjured, packcd away in the pre- mises ofa brother.

Sayer has absconded.

SENATIIH TIILIIIIIN

SEITIIIIISII IIIIIIT

` I1noi‘i<vii.i.`n, Oct. iii-(Special)-Senator Fulford is in acrltical condition as ilie

result of his recent automobile accident.

SHANE INIIIIITAAENTS p

MAY IIESIISTAINEIT

Ciiicauo, Oct.é1.-Tllelicuring of argu-

ments on the d niurrcrs to the indict.- mcnts returned by tho federal grand jury against five of the big packing con- cerns and seventeen of their employees, was closed this afternoon, and if Judge Humphrey, before whom the arguments have been made, retains his present im- prcssion of the cusc, one-half of the in- illctiiieiifs charging the packers with conspiracy in restraint will bc sustained and thcreinalningcouiits o\'crrulcd.\Vlien it was announced that the case had been closed, Judge llumplirey said:

“As it now looks to thc court, the odd numbered counts sufficient, and the even numbered counts insufficient. There may be a change in my 'mind be~ fore I give my decision. I will faith- fully rcnd the authorities cited. When I uni rciidy to render my decision in the case I will notify thc district.uttorncysand the attorneys for the defendants."

The udfl numbered iinllctnients eliaivgc

conspiracy among tho defendants in rc- strnint of frudc. The eveniiiuinbercti counts charge a monopoly.

WORLD’S RECORDS MADE.

.\'i-iw Yoaic, Oat, li. The ilcrald today

says \\'orld's rccoi‘d ntlieletic poi~form- ances were \v|tnesscd at the Physical Culture Show in lilinlisoii Square Garden last night. James Mitclicll, of the New York A. C., added two ami n half Inches over his own \vorld's record of 15 feet ti inciirs in throwing the Dil pound \\'t-,igiitl for height.

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CHICAGO MARKETS.

Cnicaco, October lil-(Spoeial)-I

Dcc.Corn(ne\v)i-iii May Corn 43?

Wheat 855* “ \Vboab 805

SIN HENHIINIIINII

I IIIES SIIIIIIENIY

Most Eminent English Actor of His Time, Aged 67 Years.

LoNnoN, Oct. ill-(Special)-Sir Henry'

Irving died today.

Ile was taken suddenly ill after return-

ing to his hotel from thc theatre.

Sir Henry Irving, whose real name was

John Henry Brodribb, was born `at- Keinton, England, Feb. fl, 1838. Ile made his first appearance at the Sunderland Theatre in 1850 and in London in 1850.

llc made no great mark till 1870, butln 167-1 his Ilanilet crcnteil great interest. ln lil'/'ti he undertook the management of the Lyceum 'i`hcatrc, achieving great success in Sliakespcrian revivuls and new plays. Six or seven times he visited

America \vilh his company including Ellen Terry. He was knigiited in 1895.

INN IIIIIIATIIIN Iii SIISTIIM IAWS

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]lfoN1'iir:.\i., (let. 13 - (Special) -Jules

Pace was before Judge Lafontaine today, charged with having violated the customs laws. `lIe pleaded not guilty.

NITVA SIIIITIASIIIIS WHII AHE MISSING

Ilos-'i-UN, October li.-Mrs, Duncan Me-

Eachcrn, of Bridgeport, Cape Breton, has asked the police to seek information concerning her daughter, Maggie l\IcEachei~n, who has dis- appeared here. The police are also seeking for Maud Welsher, a Nova Scotia girl who had just couie to the city- A general alarm has been sent out by the police of Boston and Cani- briilgc. and i\ thorough search is being made for her. The girl is known to have come to Iloston to visit Mrs. Snrali Kelley, of No. 12 Wnrlanrl street, Cainbridgeport. She has been

traced to the Park street subway station, but there all trace of her is lost. Sho did _not go to Cninbi'id|.1r. for her friends tlieri

TII PEIIITENTIAHY

Niew Yonit, Oct, 12.-Harry A I

Lconard,thc young bank clerk \vlio took $250.ll00 worth of securities froui the National City Bank by means of afortled check, today was indicted for iarccny in tho first de,f.,'rcc. Although it was claimed by his counsel that tho young man in taking the securities merely was showing how easily the great financial institutions of the \\'all street district might be robbed, Leon|\rd's ln- dictment today means that a fight will have to be made to save him from the -penit.eiit~iu.ry. At first it was announced that tho young iniin would plead guilty to the charge of forgery, if thc charge of larceny was dropped, and that he would be sentenced to a term in the Elmira re~ formatory. Heisstill ia Jail, and will probably be arraigned next week.

IITTAWA IS

INSIIEASINII

(l'1"i'.\\vA, Oct. ll-There is`a dispute bc-

twccn the (ir-and Fiills Power Co.. in- corporated by thc New Brunswick Gov. ernment, iuid the Grand Falls Power Co.. incorporated by tho Dominion, as to the use of ttic term "Grand Falls." The iniitfer will be heard before the Secretary of State on the 17th Inst. ’l`he 1’i'ovincinl (lovernment as well na both companies will bc represented at the hearing. lion. A. G. Blair will appear for one of the company‘e<. Sir \V|n. Van Ilorne is inter- ested in one of the conccriis.

The population of Ottawa is now GS,-

lilll, a [gain of 1,7ilfi during the year. This is not ii. large gain. The incri-use in thc

notified the police of hordlsuppcarance.

IIISAAENABEIIEII Illllll EIIIINII IN NEW TUNA

Ni-;\v Yoiiic, Oet. 12-The finding ol’ o

man’s head in front of 615 East 1\1i|.:l\t- eenth street today led to the discovery of n murder committed probably last night at 14| Third Avenue. Tho head was wrapped in a white and blue shirt and the Sunday supplement of a German news- paper.

Soon after the head was found u man

told the police he bcliovctl a murder had been committed at the Third Avenue nd- drcss lust night and that the body had been cut up. Search of the house resulted in the discovery of the nrins and legs of n man in a suit case ami the trunk of the body was found in the closet.

Fred linuer, u German, was seen early

today coming from a room or the third floor at i~li) Third Ave. where parts of the ilisuiombered body were found, and was arrested as a suspicious person. He gave his age as-lil years and his occupation ns nn elevator runner.

MERGER U NSUCCESSFU L.

il<\s1'o:\', Oct. ii-The effort, to bring

aboutn merger bc-twecii liarvard l7ni» versity and the iliassaciiusclts Institute f'l‘cchnolot!y, has proved unsuccessful, and tonightanieetint: of thc corporation of the latter institution voted to discharge the conference committee from further duty, and to withdraw from furtlicri coiislderation of the matter.

WEATHER TODAY.

'1`onoN'ro, Out, i!i.-(Spceial.)-i~`resh

assessment for lil0fl is ovrr five millions.

Pork $15.75 “ Pork #1102

saut.l\\vest_erly winds, fair and cool,

IIEIJUIITIIIIN ` PLANT I IUH NINISST SIINNTY

Large Representative Meeting at Murray Harbor South ‘ -That Section Strong

in Favor.

A large and representativemeeting of

the fishermen and farmcrsof Murray liar- bor was held inl\furray linrbor South Ilnli Tliursday night. Among those present were A. I’. Prowse, of Murray Ilarbor, T. W. MacDonald, John W. McPhee, W. \V. Jenkins and E. I".Ryan, Georgetown. A. P. Prowse in welcoming the genticnn-n from Georgetown stated the object of the meeting was to petition the Marine and Fisheries Department to have a Dog-fish RcductionfPlant established at some cen- tral fishing station in Kings County.

Freeman Reynolds was elected to thc

chair and John \\'. McPhee acted as Secretary.

'l`. W. McDonald in a forcible spec:-li

presented a resolution einbotlyiiitg the facts that the fishing industry along our shorcs arc gradually det.-reasfiig owing to the alarming Iiicrcasc of dog fish, thai. the Marino and 1~‘ishc-ryllepartincnt has already taken steps to exterminate the evil ur to protect the flsliefmcn by estab- lishing a Dog fish Reduction Plant at Canoe, N. S., flint the Dcpartniciit has signified its intention of building two other such plants, one along the Atlantic coast and nnc iiorth of Canso, that ii large proportion 0' the population of i{ing's Couniy N0 dBD9lldGnt. upon thc Fishery industry ...in ,, ¢ fishing grounds along its banks are accom. to none and flint the 'tttcntion of the Marine ai\d1"isliei~y ile- partuicnt be brought to the nccd and ailvisabllity of ercctinga reduction plant. at some safe and central fishing station along our shores.

The resolution was secondotl by Silas

Sencebaugii and supported by .»\. 1’. l’rowsc Abraham Daly, John .\.\\`iin»lo\v, \Vin. F. Herring, John Ilill, lfcii ben l’eui-ny, \V. \\'. Jenkins, id. 1". itynn, and others.

Mr. llill suggested by way of amend-

ment that thc following clause should be added to _thc resolution “that thc innnufaetured product of such Doigflsli lteductioii Plant is largely a soil fertilizer and flint this I'rovli\cc being essentially agricultural ready sale would wif iiuiicvc be most readily obtained for the proiiui-l. ofthe l’lnnt. and the agriculturisis would be benefited materially.

After some discussion the rt\.~<ol\1fioi\ in

its aincnded form carried iiiiaiiiiiiousl_v.

After the thanks :of the ini-cling had

been lirartily tc-ndercil to J. \\`. l\1rtI’livc 'l‘. \V. 1\[ael)onal|l, W. W. Jenkins and li. I". Ryan for their attendance and devoted- ncss to the cause the meeting adjourned,

ADMIRAL SAKO DEAD.

'1‘oKio, Oct. 10.-Admiral Sake, in

spector Gem-rnl of the Naval (‘.oiisii'|icti<in is dead. ills dcalli is dccpiy lamcnfi-il in naval circles as a licavy loss totlicnatioin- The aiirogatiou of martial law has had the cffcct of reinovlnir to a great cxtt-nt the business depression in this City, and the public is now feeling in a more .suitable mood to extend the hearticst kind of n reception to the British fleet, \\-hich is ex- pected to arrive at Yokoliiiiiiii toinoi-row

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